FAQs

Every year six students are paid to work full-time leading Leeds University Union. They are your Exec. You can meet the current ones here.

The roles are a fantastic graduate opportunity if you’re looking for a job where you get to have an idea and make change happen.

The exec are chosen by students through a democratic election, every student who's a student at Leeds can vote, including people on an exchange program. The Exec become directors of a £10 million organisation, trustees of our charity and representatives of 38,000 students.

Here at LUU we use Alternative Voting – which is a bit different to what you’ll see in other elections you might take part in. Basically, you can rank all of the candidates for one role in order of preference. So if there are five candidates running for a position, when you go to vote you’ll be able to order them through 1-5 – as a voter this gives you more of a chance of seeing a candidate you like get elected and reduces the number of ‘wasted’ votes as well.

If you like. There are seven roles in total to vote for though, and it’d be really great if you had your say in who was running every part of your Union – but if you only want to vote for one person in one position be our guest. You can even come back later and vote for the other positions.

R.O.N. stands for ‘Re-Open Nominations’ – it’s to give you the chance to say that you aren’t too sure about any of the candidates up for election in any of the positions. If R.ON. wins then we have another election for that role.

You get £80 to spend on whatever you like, and you can get half of that reimbursed by LUU. We’ll also be supporting you with some campaigning materials like cardboard, fabric, paints, glitter, stencils and more - as well as a Campaigns Hub to make stuff in.

You sure can. Even one hour a week is enough time to run an excellent campaign. We’ll work with you to help you create the best campaign possible with the time you have.

In a previous election, Charlotte Warner managed to be elected as Welfare Officer despite being away on placement during campaigning. Get your friends, housemates and coursemates to help out as your campaign team and we’re sure you’ll have no bother.

A campaign team is a group of your friends who have committed to helping you campaign. They might talk to students on your behalf, help put up posters, or perhaps assist you with social media.

Don’t worry too much if you haven’t got a huge campaign team. You’ll get lots of support from us in regards to your campaign and tactics to use. The most important thing is that you’re willing to go out and talk to students - that’s the best way to win votes.

No, you won’t. The University of Leeds can sponsor you under Tier 4 during your year working. If you are elected you can then request a Confirmation of Acceptance for Studies (CAS) to enable you to make your Tier 4 application to cover the period of time you will be working in the role.